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Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
SCOTT ADAMS · Portfolio
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of Dilbert, an unflinching look at the strategies Donald Trump used to persuade voters to elect the most unconventional candidate in the history of the presidency, and how anyone can learn his methods for succeeding against long odds. Scott Adams - a trained hypnotist... |
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Critical Thinking Skills Success in 20 Minutes a Day
LLC Editors of LearningExpress · Learningexpress, LLC; 3rd Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Become an effective critical thinker in just 20 minutes a day! Whether at work, at school, or at home, critical thinking skills are essential for success. Learning to think critically will improve your decision-making and problem-solving skills, giving you the tools you need to tackle the tough... |
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Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Daniel J. Siegel MD · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 321
Format: Hardcover
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In this New York Times-bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children's lives into one of the most rewarding.Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening, ways.... |
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Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds
Lauren Slater · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A start-to-finish narrative history of our major psychotropic drugs, from "a thoroughly exhilarating and entertaining writer" (Washington Post) . As our approach to mental illness has oscillated from biological to psychoanalytical and back again, so have our treatments. With... |
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Think: Why You Should Question Everything
Guy P. Harrison · Prometheus Books
Format: Paperback
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Think more critically, learn to question everything, and don't let your own brain trip you up. This fresh and exciting approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking will enlighten and inspire readers of all ages. With a mix of wit and wisdom, it challenges everyone... |
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Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff
Alison Stewart · Chicago Review
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Junk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn't have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away? Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away. When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late... |
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The Four Virtues: Presence, Heart, Wisdom, Creation
Tobin Hart · Atria Paperback, Beyond Words, 2014.
Pages: 351
Format: Paperback
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In a world with greater knowledge, more advanced technology, and more groundbreaking innovation than ever at our fingertips, we are still looking to find our way. We are still searching for that essential insight on how to lead a really good life. By drawing from across tradition and time,... |
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Action: A Book about Sex
Amy Rose Spiegel · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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With whip-smart prose, reminiscent of Roxane Gay and Meghan Daum, ACTION interweaves Spiegel's own sexual autobiography with loving advice on one-night stands, relationships, and everything in between. ACTION is a book about sex that people won't feel embarrassed about owning. There... |
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The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness
Liza Long · Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover
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Liza Long is the mother of a child who has bipolar disorder When she heard about the Newtown shooting her first thought was What if my son does that someday She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy which the Boise State University online journal published as I Am Adam Lanzas Mother... |
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But maybe we're wrong : thinking about the present as if it were the past.
Charles Klosterman · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"But What If We re Wrong? " visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about... |
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A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
Marilyn Wedge · AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pages: 250
Format: Print book
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A surprising new look at the rise of ADHD in America, arguing for a better paradigm for diagnosing and treating our children In 1987, only 3 percent of American children were diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD. By 2000, that number jumped to 7 percent,... |
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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
DANIEL COYLE · Bantam
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code comes a book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow's leaders with the tools to build a cohesive, motivated culture. Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your... |
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